TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalafatis,Joanna
TI  - Abandoned Southern California: the eras that shaped the west 
SN  - 1634990684
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - [Mount Pleasant, SC]
PB  - Arcadia Publishing
KW  - Ghost towns
KW  - California, Southern
KW  - History
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - History, Local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-95); The Old West -- Journey to the Pacific -- California for a cure -- Turning the desert into a resort -- The "free people" of California -- Los Angeles--urban decay in the City of Angels -- Abandoned Southern California: a history of progress
N2  - "From prospectors' haunts in old ghost towns dating back to the Gold Rush, to the now-almost-deserted roadside towns of Route 66, the history of Southern California lives on through its abandoned towns and buildings. Through old settlements and institutions, now left to decay in the high desert or even in the middle of bustling, glamorous Los Angeles, readers can get a glimpse into the waves of migration that shaped the spirit of Southern California. The story of the state seems to repeat throughout different decades: California was perceived as the land of unlimited opportunities and renewed hope for incoming migrants, yet often led to a harsher and more challenging existence in real life. Nevertheless, the dreamers and fortune seekers who moved out West, whether for gold, land, spiritual reasons, health, or to escape the rapidly spiraling East Coast during the Great Depression, always persisted. As they moved from one location to the next to seek their fortune, their ambitions, failures, and lives became encased in the places they left behind. This book is the story of those people and places, and the enduring forces that created California as it is today."--Page 4 of cover
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